Dayton Parts (AEA Investors portfolio) Acquires Security Steel Supply Co.
October 1, 2018
Dayton Parts, LLC — a portfolio company of AEA Investors LP — has acquired Security Steel Supply Co., a family-owned supplier of 5160H alloy spring steel and automotive leaf spring suspension components based in Kankakee, Illinois. BDO Capital Advisors served as exclusive financial advisor to Security Steel on the transaction, which expands Dayton Parts' product offerings and distribution footprint in the leaf-spring and undercarriage parts market.
- Buyers
- Dayton Parts, LLC (portfolio company of AEA Investors LP)
- Targets
- Security Steel Supply Co.
- Sellers
- Security Steel Supply Co. (family owners; President David Demers)
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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